Opioid and Non-Opioid Pharmacotherapy Use for Pain Management Among Privately Insured Pediatric Patients With Cancer in the United States

CONCLUSION: There has been a downward trend in the use of opioids in recent years among pediatric patients with cancer and an upward trend in the use of non-opioid pharmacotherapy for pain management potentially as an alternative to opioids.PMID:37944042 | DOI:10.1093/oncolo/oyad292

Source: The Oncologist - November 9, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Chan Shen J Douglas Thornton Ning Li Eric Schaefer Shouhao Zhou Sarah Kawasaki Colette Pameijer Douglas Leslie Source Type: research